That would be nice. If all memory, even the stuff allocated by functions, is
freed at the end of the request, I can see where the problem is. It would be
very useful if this memory really would be freed at the moment all
references to it disappear. This would be a lot better for the CLI
environment, but also for a web environment, if you ask me, because the
memory required for handling pages might just be reduced by a big
percentage. I guess the question is: would this be a big performance hit in
processing time? (and I fear the answer is too big a "yes", otherwise I
expect it would've already been implemented).

Ron


"Jani Taskinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
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>
>      There was some mail about the memory handling some time ago on
>      this list..something about making it better in these cases..
>      Try search the archives for this. (I can't find it right now)
>
>      IIRC, there even was a patch..
>
>      --Jani
>
> On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, J. Allen Dove wrote:
>
> > Unset() != free() is the bummer in the CLI env. :-( Def could use that
> > to help shape the performance contour in a daemon env since the
> > "request" never ends unless you self-terminate. Even then it can be
> > tricky to get that lifetime right if your loads change, etc.
> >
> > -- AD
> >
> >> "leak", which honestly surprised me. We even explicitly unset the vars
> >> but that doesn't guarantee the GC kicks off for them near-time?
> >>
> >>     unset() != free(). The memory allocated is still freed during
> >>     the request shutdown (where GC actually kicks in).
> >>
> >> As a total aside, and being a paranoid C++ guy, I would love a "free"
> >> method that I could call that frees what I tell it to exactly when I
> >> tell it to... :-)
> >>
> >>     I think someone requested this before but it was shut down for
> >>     some reason..can't remember what it was again.
> >
> >
>
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